Four civilians were injured in Baramulla as the Pakistan Army resorted to firing and shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) on Saturday.
“The Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked firing and launched mortars on Saturday morning in the Rampur sector. In the afternoon, Pakistan again fired mortars in the Uri sector in Baramulla. Four civilians were injured in the ceasefire violations,” a Srinagar-based Army spokesman said.
The Army said it was giving “a befitting response” to Pakistan’s aggression.
An official said Pakistan targeted forward posts at Haji Pir, Nambla and Rustum in Uri.
Ahmed Shiekh, 60, Parveena Begum, 40, and Maqbool Mangral 20, were injured when mortar shells exploded near their houses. “The condition of the injured is stated to be stable,” the officials said.
A local official said the shelling from the Pakistani side was intense and the official teams will go to the spot to assess the damage once the fire stops in the area.
”Around a dozen villages were affected due to the constant firing and shelling in Baramulla,” the official added.
J&K recorded over 1,640 ceasefire violations this year.
In an anti-militancy operation, the security forces killed an unidentified militant at Kulgam in south Kashmir.
”A gunfight erupted when a search party established contact with hiding militants in the Likhdipora area. So far one unidentified terrorist has been killed. The operation is going on,” the police spokesman said.
Over 30 militants were killed in south Kashmir this month, as the security forces upped their operations against the Hizbul Mujahideen and Jaish-e-Muhammad. A total of 103 militants have been killed in Kashmir this year.
